Argentina v Saudi Arabia - as it happened
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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104'FT: Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia!! It's all over!!! Saudi Arabia claim a famous win here!!! Argentina dominated the first half and scored a Messi penalty as well as having three goals disallowed. However, Al-Shehri levelled in the 48th minute and Al-Dawsari scored the winner five minutes later. Despite 14 added minutes, Saudi Arabia held on. What a win for Saudi Arabia and what embarrassment for Argentina. Thanks for joining us and see you again soon!
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103'Saudi Arabia boot it away and Vinicic says play-on! 5 minutes over the time and I think it should be over now.
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103'Saudi boot it out of play and it's an Argentina goal kick. Last cghance.
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102'Throw-in to Saudi Arabia deep in their own half.
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102'Another ball into the box now by Argentina and it just goes out for a goal kick.
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101'Into the box and Julian Alvarez heads towards goal! Al-Owais catches though.
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100'Another corner for Argentina now, but it's cleared once again.
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99'Corner for Argentina here.
Substitution
at Arabia Saudí
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99'Saudi sub: Al-Shahrani leaves on a stretcher and Al-Burayk is on.
Injured
en Arabia Saudí
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96'One of the Saudi Arabia players (Al-Shahrani) is down after getting caught by the GK's knee.
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95'Messi goes in the box and is then crowded out by three Saudi Arabia players.
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94'Saudi Arabia are minutes away from one of the biggest shocks in World Cup historty.
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93'Saudi Arabia win a corner. They're trying to keep the ball here.
Yellow card
a Arabia Saudí
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92'Al-Owais is cautioned for his protests.
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91'Off the line by Saudi Arabia after Owais punches away, but it's offside anyway!
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91'Argentina get themselves a corner here.
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91'Eight added minutes.
Yellow card
a Arabia Saudí
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88'Saudi Arabia double sub: Nawaf and Neras are replaced by Asiri and Al Amri. Nawaf is booked for taking too long to go off.
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86'Firas is down and his game is up. The Saudi Arabia players are getting tired now. They've worked their socks off.
Yellow card
a Arabia Saudí
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82'Abdulhamid has his name taken for a foul on Enzo Fernandez.
Yellow card
a Arabia Saudí
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79'Free-kick to Argentina after Messi is fouled 25 yards from goal and Al-Dawsari sees yellow.
Substitution
at Arabia Saudí
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78'Saudi Arabia sub: Sulian is on for Al-Shehri.
Substitution
at Argentina
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71'Argentina sub: Acuna on for Tagliafico.
Yellow card
a Arabia Saudí
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67'Al-Malki goes in late and sees yellow.
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66'Argentina are trying, but Saudi Arabia are holding firm.
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63'What a save by Al-Owais! Lisandro Martinez's shot is deflected by Tagliafico and Al-Owais makes a terrific save to his right!
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62'A ball into the box from Di Maria and Lautaro can't reach it.
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60'Free-kick to Saudi Arabia.
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58'Argentina sub: Gomez, Paredes and Romero are replaced by Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez and Lisandro Martinez.
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57'Argentina are desperately searching for two goals here to avoid a shock result. The crowd are jubilant.
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55'Argentina scored four times in the first half, but only one goal counted and now they could suffer an embarrassing defeat.
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54'Yes, you aren't seeing things. Argentina are losing here.
Goaaaaaal!
de Arabia Saudí en el 53'
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Statistics of S. Al-Dawsari in Mundial32
0.67010
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53'Saudi Arabia score again!! Astonishing! Al-Dawsari scores!! Saudi Arabia go forward, Nawaf's shot is blocked by an Argentinian head and then Al-Dawsari's curling effort finds the far corner!
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52'Al-Shehri is down here and Saudi Arabia has a free-kick.
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49'1-0 is never ever enough. Huge pressure on Scaloni's men now.
Goaaaaaal!
de Arabia Saudí en el 48'
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Statistics of S. Al-Shehri in Mundial31
0.33010
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48'It's 1-1!!! Extraordinary!! Al-Malki sends a ball from midfield, the ball goes to Al-Shehri and he hits across Emi Martinez into the far corner!
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47'Di Maria is down here in Saudi Arabia's half here.
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46'Argentina get us going once again!
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45'HT: Argentina 1-0 Saudi Arabia! Half-time in Lusail and a 10th minute Messi penalty after Abdulhamid's hug on Paredes was caught by VAR is the difference. Argentina have dominated and had three goals disallowed: two for L Martinez and one for Messi. Saudi Arabia have lost their captain to injury and are clearly second best here. However, it's only 1-0 so they are still in it. Join us shortly for the remainder!
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45'45+6: Argentina are keeping the ball just before the interval.
Substitution
at Arabia Saudí
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45'45+3: Saudi Arabia sub: Al-Faraj is replaced by Nawaf Alabid. Al-Faraj is in tears. Never want to see that.
Injured
en Arabia Saudí
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45'45+3: Al-Faraj is down again and it looks Saudi Arabia will have to use his first window. A real shame.
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45'45+1: Argentina press looking for a second, but Saudi Arabia are holding on for now. De Paul sees a cross from the by-line cut out by the defence.
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45'Five additional minutes.
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44'Appeals for a penalty by Al-Dawsari, but the appeals were more from the crowd as the number 10 just slipped.
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42'The free-kick is only half-cleared and De Pàul goes for the rugby conversion.
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42'Free-kick to Argentina now which Messi will put in.
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40'Abdulhamid makes a vital tackle to prevent Messi getting a shot off. Corner.
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38'Al-Faraj is down with leg problems here.
Goal disallowed
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35'Lautaro Martinez scores again and the flag is up once again! A bit clearer this time.
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34'Replays show it was just the top of Lautaro's arm which was offside.
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31'Saudi Arabia win themselves a free-kick.
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30'Saudi Arabia get themselves a corner.
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28'No goal says the VAR! That looked onside, but the VAR has all the gadgets! Back to 1-0. Must be very tight.
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27'Argentina make it two! Lautaro Martinez scores the second! Gomez plays a lovely through ball for Lautaro, Al-Owais comes out and the Inter player chips it over him. Long way back for Saudi Arabia now.
Goal disallowed
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22'Messi scores, but the flag's up! Tagliafico plays a lovely ball from midfield and Messi makes no mistake in front of goal. It's extremely tight, but the VAR confirms the assistant's decision.
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21'Argentina are flagged offside. Gomez is the guilty man.
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20'Almost 2-0!! Paredes gives to Gomez and he hits over the top from 25 yards!
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18'Argentina counter through Lautaro Martinez and he hits over from 25 yards. It was well offside though.
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16'Saudi Arabia go forward on the far side, but Abdulhamid's weak cross is easily held by E Martinez.
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15'Free-kick to Saudi Arabia here just outside the box.
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12'The men in green now have to score here and it's already a tough ask for them.
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10'Argentina have started this one well, but that was a gift by Abdulhamid. Saudi Arabia are not happy with the officials, but they've only got themselves to blame...
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
de Argentina en el 10'
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Statistics of L. Messi in Mundial77
1310
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10'Messi makes it 1-0!! He hits the ball to the goalie's right and Al-Owais dives the wrong way!
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8'The referee gives a penalty to Argentina after a VAR review! What on Earth was Abdulhamid thinking? Crazy to do that with VAR...
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7'The referee has sprinted to the sideline as Abdulhamid gives Paredes a hug in the box from the corner.
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7'Kanno brings down De Paul just to the side of the area and Messi can put this one into the box.
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6'Corner for Scaloni's men here and Messi's delivery is knocked away by the goalie.
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4'Al-Malki goes in late on L Martinez in the centre-circle and is warned by the referee.
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2'Messi!!! First chance for Argentina as Di Maria cuts inside, Martinez's control in the box is poor and Messi pounces on the loose ball to force a fine save out of Al-Owais!
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1'Saudi Arabia get us going in the green from right to left while Argentina are in the usual blue and white stripes!
Start of match
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PRVWMessi and Al-Faraj come together for the coin toss with the ref who did the Europa League final in Sevilla.
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PRVWThe anthems have been played here in the Qatari sunshine.
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PRVWThe players come out here in Qatar!
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PRVWGoalkeeper Armani (River Plate) and Thiago Almada (Atlanta Utd) are the only Argentina players to play outside of Europe. The rest are either in one of the top five leagues or at Benfica.
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PRVWAl-Dawsari is their top scorer with 17 international goals and he had a short spell on loan at Villarreal in 2018.
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PRVWAll of the Saudi Arabia players play in Saudi Arabia mainly at Al-Hilal or Al-Nassr.
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PRVWLionel Messi starts this one despite training on his own on two occasions last week. Saudi Arabia will be looking to start this World Cup better than the last one which saw them lose 5-0 to Russia.
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PRVWSaudi Arabia XI: Al-Owais (GK); Al-Shahrani, Al-Albulayhi, Al-Tambakti, Abdulhamid; Al-Faraj, Al.Maslki, Kanno; Al-Dawsari, Al-Shehri and Al-Brikan.
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PRVWArgentina XI: E Martinez (GK); Tagliafico, Otamendi, Romero, Molina; Paredes, Gomez, De Paul; Di Maria, L Martinez and Messi.
November 22, 2022
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PRVWIt's 27 degrees and sunny in Lusail for this one.
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PRVWSlavko Vincic of Slovenia is the referee for this one while Pol van Boekel of the Netherlands is the VAR.
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PRVWMexico and Poland are the other teams in this group and they face off later. The top two from each group make the last 16.
Pre-match
22 November 2022, 11:00
Referee: Slavko Vincic | VAR: Pol van Boekel
Stadium: Lusail Iconic Stadium
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PRVWHello and welcome to live coverage of the World Cup encounter between Argentina and Saudi Arabia! Predictions?
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